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Assume you're having difficulties finding a serious romantic partner. You meet someone who's all the things you want, except you're not attracted to them. There's 0 spark. Would you take a drug (dosed weekly) that induces attraction to this person so you could be with them?

Yes, absolutely
21.8%
I think so
23.6%
I don't think so
32.6%
Absolutely not
22%

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5:45 AM · Dec 6, 2020

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No attraction? 0 spark? How could someone be that but also be all the things I want?

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didn't have enough space in tweet to clarify, but i meant they're all the right things on paper but maybe not physically attractive or have a body language or pheremones that turns you off

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This is an interesting question. Adding a male or female part onto this could be neat too.

Ava Eva Thornton

@AvaEvaThornton

Dec 6, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

"someone who's all the things you want, except you're not attracted to them. There's 0 spark" sounds like a contradiction to me.

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I don't need to assume, but that's a no for me. Not a fan of psychological prescriptions, and that kind of drug has the potential to be abused.

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Isn't attraction essentially a neurochemical reaction anyway?

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above the natural baseline of oxytocin or anything the rule of propinquity already offers?

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Hard no from me, I love drugs but in the end they’re synthetic and fake, so your relationship will be build on shit, what if you run out, then your just another person in a relationship that you shouldn’t be with

The Outsider Humanist

@TheOutsiderHum1

Dec 6, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

I think if I liked them that much I'd want them to find someone who also liked them that much and was genuinely attracted to them.

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If she’s very unattractive, maybe yes IF I could take the drug forever (without bad side-effects) AND I would either never remember I took it or never remember how unattractive I found her before taking the drug. Otherwise it would be like waking up with a disturbing hookup.